Wire harness with sheathing member and path regulators

Abstract

A wire harness includes a wire bundle and a sheathing member covering the wire bundle and configured from a nonwoven member that has been hot-pressed. The sheathing member includes a plurality of path regulators along each of an extension direction and a circumference direction of the wire bundle, the path regulators being capable of regulating a path of a long member to be arranged along a surface of the sheathing member.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A wire harness comprising:
 a wire bundle; 
 a sheathing member covering the wire bundle and configured from a nonwoven member that has been hot-pressed; and 
 a long member arranged along a surface of the sheathing member, 
 wherein the sheathing member includes a plurality of path regulators positioned away from each other along each of an extension direction and a circumference direction of the wire bundle, the path regulators configured for regulating a path of the long member, 
 the sheathing member including a line formed by the plurality of path regulators provided along the extension direction of the wire bundle, a plurality of the lines being provided along the circumference direction of the wire bundle, and 
 the path of the long member being regulated by a portion of the plurality of path regulators in a first of the plurality of lines, and by a portion of the plurality of path regulators in a second of the plurality of lines, such that the long member does not interfere with surrounding objects. 
 
     
     
       2. The wire harness according to  claim 1 , wherein the path regulator is a portion of the sheathing member which rises away from the surface of the sheathing member. 
     
     
       3. The wire harness according to  claim 1 , wherein the path regulator is formed by punching out a portion of the sheathing member. 
     
     
       4. A wire harness comprising:
 a wire bundle; 
 a sheathing member covering the wire bundle and configured from a nonwoven member that has been hot-pressed; and 
 a long member arranged along a surface of the sheathing member, 
 wherein the sheathing member includes a plurality of path regulators along each of an extension direction and a circumference direction of the wire bundle, the path regulators configured for regulating a path of the long member, 
 the sheathing member including a line formed by the plurality of path regulators provided along the extension direction of the wire bundle, a plurality of the lines being provided along the circumference direction of the wire bundle, 
 the path of the long member being regulated by a portion of the plurality of path regulators in a first of the plurality of lines, and by a portion of the plurality of path regulators in a second of the plurality of lines, such that the long member does not interfere with surrounding objects, and 
 wherein the path regulator is formed by punching out a portion of the sheathing member.